ANGLO-SAXON, Transitional/Pre-Primary Phase. Circa 665/70-670/5. Pale AV Thrymsa (12mm, 1.26 g, 10h). ‘Pada’ series (Rigold PaIIB, Type 96). Mint in Kent. VF.

Electronic Auction 563
Lot: 1140.
Closing Date: Jun 5 2024 10:00 ET

British, Gold

Estimate: $ 1 000

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ANGLO-SAXON, Transitional/Pre-Primary Phase. Circa 665/70-670/5. Pale AV Thrymsa (12mm, 1.26 g, 10h). ‘Pada’ series (Rigold PaIIB, Type 96). Mint in Kent. Diademed bust right; TNC downward to right / + m[...]ΛIm, cross set on two steps within double beaded border. Abramson, Gold 1000; Abramson 1.40; EMC 8 table 3, 31; SCBI 63 (BM), 34; North –; SCBC 769A. Small rim chip, some porosity and light scratches. VF. Extremely rare – only the second to appear at auction.

Of the enigmatic Pada series of thrymsas first classified by Stuart Rigold in his seminal 1960 study, type PaIIB is by far the rarest. The obverse shares with type P IIA a bust based on a Constantinian prototype with a distinctive wreath made from a ’special cloven punch’. On the reverse, however, the Runic inscription PADA has been replaced with a cross-on-steps, a common Byzantine motif first encountered in the Anglo-Saxon series on the fine gold Benitugo type Thrymsa.

Closing Date and Time: 5 June 2024 at 16:19:40 ET.

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